Undergarment.



W. MARLOW.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,1913.

1,124,485. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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WILLIAM MARLOW, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD KNITTING MILLS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 12, 1915.

Application filed July 8, 1913. Serial No. 777,823.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM MARLO'W, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Brooklyn, county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Undergarments, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to under-garments and is more particularly applicable to womens union suits made from knitted fabrics. It is desirable from the point of view of economy and easy manufacture to make these knitted garments from a tube such as that produced upon the circular knitting machine, the tube being cut into desired lengths and shaped into a garment by cutting it and inserting or removing pieces.

The principal objects of my invention are to produce a union suit from a tube of knitted material having as small as possible a number of seams in order to make it easy of manufacture and comfortable to the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to produce a garment which shall be completely closed in front and which shall have a back so arranged that it may be opened although tending to remain closed.

In the drawing accompanying my specification, Figure l is a front view of the completed garment. Fig. 2 a view of part of the garment showing the back and Figs. 3 and L are views of the pieces which are used in the manufacture of the garment.

In making my improved garment, I cut the neck and arm holes in the tube, as shown in Fig. 1, and then slit the tube vertically or longitudinally along the lines 1-2 of Fig. 1. This produces four edges l-2 at the front of the garment and 34 at the back of the garment. I then spread apart the slit tube and insert a triangular piece as shown in Fig. 4c, the edges 5 and 6 of the triangular piece or gusset being joined by seam respectively to edges 1 and 2 of the body of the garment. I then slit vertically the triangular piece thus forming edges 7 and 8. Taking a flat piece of material of single thickness, as shown in Fig. 3, I cut it along the diagonal line thus producing two similar irregular quadrangular length joined to edge 7 of the triangular piece and edge 10 is sewed to the body of the garment, thus securing the flap against opening. The other piece corresponding to the one just referred to is inserted in the opposite side of the garment and joined to the edges 4 and 8 by seams. The garment thus formed presents a closed front and a back having two flaps, but these flaps being overlapping and secured to the garment by means of the seam 13, cannot separate accidentally. The pieces shown in Fig. 8 may be cut from a tube the tube forming four similar pieces, and the pieces shown in Fig. 4 may also be cut from a tube without any waste.

lVhile I have only shown one form of my invention, I donot desire to be confined to that for the reason that it may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

A union suit made from a tubular fabric cut at its front and back throughout a portion of its length to form leg portions, :1 onepiece triangular gusset in the front having its outer edges secured respectively to the edges formed by the cut at the front and provided with a vertical central cut extending upward from the bottom edge, and two rear gussets having the outer edge of each secured respectively to the edges formed by the cut at the back, the lower portions of the inner edge of each secured respectively to the edges formed by the central vertical cut in the triangular gusset, with the portions thereabove overlapped to form the back closure and secured to the body above the cut at the back.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two witnesses this 7th day of July, 1913.

WILLIAM MARLO'W.

Witnesses:

IVALTER S. JoNEs, l VILLIAM M. EARL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

